Looting the life force of demons to forge a golden body Martial God-Chapter 359 - 347: New Prey, Bigger and More Succulent! Scorpion Tail Lion and Feathered Fox, Pushing Chu Feng to His Limits!

Chapter 359: Chapter 347: New Prey, Bigger and More Succulent! Scorpion Tail Lion and Feathered Fox, Pushing Chu Feng to His Limits!

Three evenings later, Chu Feng reached the Demon Clan campsite located 300 kilometers north of the Far East Defense Line, the closest to the military district.

He presented himself, dusty and travel-worn, lying atop a distant mountain as he observed the Demon Clan campsite below, twice as large as the previous one, his eyes gleaming with anticipation.

’There are many more Demon Clan inhabitants in the camp than last time... If I could round up this livestock, I am sure I could harvest plenty of Attribute Points!’

He felt a surge of excitement in his heart. Although his Realm had advanced to Circulation of Qi, reducing the Attribute Points he could collect per unit of Demon to many times less, the increased numbers would somewhat compensate for the difference.

He meticulously observed the camp defenses and noticed that the central area also boasted an Inner City, seemingly built out of stone, appearing much more Sturdy.

The city walls were somewhat high, hiding the interior layout from view.

Chu Feng contemplated thoughtfully.

Then he focused on observing the camp’s water source, discovering that it appeared to be under the special defense of some Demon Clan members.

’The High-rank Demon Clan ruler of this camp has a much sharper mind than the previous one... Need to take them out stealthily first!’

’Chop off the head, and once the group of Demons is leaderless, I can deal with the rest of the lower-ranked Demons leisurely!’

With his plan set in mind, he took advantage of the descending nightfall and blurred vision, displaying "Wind Concealment" and "Concealment," transforming into a gentle breeze as he quietly penetrated the camp.

...

Following the Demon Beasts returning from hunting, Chu Feng, utilizing small trails that seeped between different racial territories, slowly made his way to the vicinity of the Inner City walls.

Circumventing several patrolling High-rank Demon Clan Scorpion Tail Lions, he scaled the walls of the Inner City silently.

Upon viewing the interior scape of the Inner City, Chu Feng came to a realization.

It turned out to be a small Human Race town abandoned by its previous inhabitants!

The buildings in the town were covered in dust, some had collapsed due to lack of maintenance, but the majority had been shoddily repaired with random materials such as wood and even bones.

They looked hideously ugly, but indeed, they could now accommodate the Demon Clan.

The High-rank Demon Clan had merely built a stone wall around the outskirts of the town and nested within like cuckoos taking over the nest.

At this moment, there were many Scorpion Tail Lions wandering the streets of the town in Human clothing, followed by High-rank Demon Clan Feathered Foxes also dressed in clothing of the Human Race.

Chu Feng could tell at a glance that the rulers of this campsite were likely the Scorpion Tail Lion Clan.

The Scorpion Tail Lion Clan, as recorded in the middle school compulsory textbook "Record of Demon Beasts," has a lion’s head, a bull’s body, a scorpion’s tail, and walks upright. They are large in stature, volatile in temperament.

They harbor a significant animosity towards humans, belong to the ’hawks’ within the Demon Clan, advocating for the occupation and dominion of this planet, the extermination of "wild" Human Race, and the breeding of humans for slavery and food.

In terms of physical ability, they possess extreme explosive power, agile forms, and can easily overpower Martial Artists of the same level in head-on battles.

The most loathsome feature is their scorpion tail which is agile and has a vast attack range. Inside, it harbors an extremely potent neurotoxin, posing a great threat to Martial Artists.

Once the toxin enters the human body, it causes the victim intense pain and burning sensations and loss of bodily control.

Yet, the most valuable part of them is precisely these scorpion tails; the stinger at the end has extreme hardness and decent flexibility, making it perfect for crafting needle-like True Soldiers and hidden weapons.

True Artifacts crafted from the stinger function silently in a sweep while naturally imbued with a poisoning effect. Once striking prey, it can induce intense pain and rapidly incapacitate them.

This makes them particularly suitable for capturing live Demon Beasts, thus highly sought after in the market by Hunters.

Once the neurotoxin is detoxified from the Scorpion Tail, it can extract the rare material "Spirit Awakener Dew."

"Spirit Awakener Dew" is one of the raw materials for the Senior Potion "Mental Stimulant," whose production is limited by the availability of Scorpion Tail Lion toxin and is also quite expensive.

So, in Chu Feng’s eyes, these Scorpion Tail Lions were moving treasures!

If he were to slaughter this entire nest of Scorpion Tail Lions and sell off their tails, he could earn at least a hundred million Longhua Currency!

...

Chu Feng then turned his attention back to the Feathered Fox.

This high-rank Demon Clan was also documented in the Record of Demon Beasts. It was slightly larger than humans, with a face resembling a fox from Earth, sporting a sharp and foxy visage, yet it too walked upright like a creature of cunning.

The most eye-catching feature of the Feathered Fox was the ring of snow-white feathers around its neck, a trait used to attract the opposite sex, with larger and more beautiful feathers implying superiority.

In terms of economic value, only its soft pelt was useful, which could be fashioned into fox fur coats and sold to wealthy ladies who were not short of cash.

Though fox fur coats looked good and kept warmth, they had no other special functions.

The raw fox pelts carried a strong odor and had to go through multiple processes to remove it. The cost was not low either.

In terms of physical ability, Feathered Foxes had poor stamina and strength. Their combat effectiveness was modest, roughly at a ratio where a Human Martial Artist would take six points to the Fox’s four.

But their minds were clever and shifty, even devious. They liked to affiliate themselves with powerful clans, using their astute brains to provide war strategies and counsel.

On the battlefield, Feathered Foxes had on numerous occasions seen through the Human Race’s arrangements and implemented targeted countermeasures, causing far greater losses to the Humans than even the Scorpion Tail Lion.

Therefore, even though their individual combat abilities were inferior to that of Scorpion Tail Lions, and they were less economically valuable, their status and importance in the Record of Demon Beasts were much higher than that of the Scorpion Tail Lions.

If you encounter a Feathered Fox on the battlefield, you must eliminate it first!

...

After lying in wait on an abandoned building for a while, and as night descended into pitch blackness and the streets emptied of Demon Beasts, Chu Feng started to drift on the wind and took flight.

He first circled around, determining the residences of the leaders of both the Scorpion Tail Lion and Feathered Fox based on the security conditions.

As expected, both lived in the most luxurious villas at the northern edge of the small town.

The two clan leaders seemed to live separately, as outside one villa was guarded only by Scorpion Tail Lions, while the other courtyard was patrolled exclusively by Feathered Foxes.

Chu Feng opened his map and quietly marked down the location of these two villas, then took off again to scout for more intelligence throughout the Inner City.

This reconnaissance was unnerving to him.

Unlike the demon clan encampment he had dealt with last time, this Inner City didn’t have a unified water supply system. Instead, there was a well for every few households to use as a water source.

Some wells were clearly old structures that came with the houses, while others had fresh dirt piled around them, obviously having been dug out not long ago.

One well provided water for about three to four houses of Demon Beasts. At the moment, the beasts were queuing up at the wells with wooden buckets, plastic ones, and the like to draw water.

’Damn it, these high-intelligence filthy foxes are so disgusting—they’ve actually learned how to dig wells!’ Chu Feng thought, his teeth itching with hatred, his determination to kill these Feathered Foxes growing even stronger.

Without a unified water source, he couldn’t use the simplest method of poisoning the water; he would have to choose an airborne toxin to disperse widely.

This method depended on the wind direction and speed, which could significantly reduce efficiency and easily result in survivors.

Moreover, it might accidentally harm the Demon Beasts in the Outer City, creating turmoil in the encampment and alerting the enemy before the attack!

’...I must find backup.’

He discreetly left the Inner City and went to the encampment outside, noting down the locations of the water sources.

Afterward, he ran out into the wilderness, where he woke up Lin Zhong and Secretary Wang who had just fallen asleep after finishing their materials not long ago.

"Secretary Wang, there’s an important mission from the organization that I need you to handle!"

Secretary Wang, with dead-fish eyes, gazed at Chu Feng’s dog-like face in the holographic image, wishing he could bite him.